Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [vb pp] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities has declared itself a potential purchaser but is apparently negotiating on the asking price which is said to be $2 million . |
| 2 | Since then , however , the creating of life peers has lent it a meritocratic rather than an aristocratic character and governments need no longer fear the exercise of its blocking power to the same extent . |
| 3 | For the first time Robbie found herself wishing her brothers had given her a less striking gift . |
| 4 | On the last morning of his captivity , on 27 November , his guards had shown him a newspaper and in particular a photograph on one of the pages . |
| 5 | Gary could remember with utter clarity the first time that some other kids had called him a Spade . |
| 6 | She oozes a raunchy sex appeal and her legs have earned her the nickname Thundering Thighs . |
| 7 | Welcome back:An aerial stuntman is waiting to find out whether a bungee jump from more than ten thousand feet has earned him a place in the record books . |
| 8 | Listening to those criticisms has taught me a salutary and humbling lesson . |
| 9 | During his years at Oxford , he had spent part of his vacations in France , but those relatively short periods had given him no idea of the chaos that had prevailed since his father 's death . |
| 10 | He looked at her and understood why her parents had given her the name . |
| 11 | ‘ My parents had given me a little electric keyboard for my fourth birthday , and I quickly learnt to play the tunes in the manual . |
| 12 | The magistrates chairman told foster parents had given him a chance — it was now up to him to take it . |
| 13 | She remembered the evening because his parents had given him an awful sweater for his birthday and between comedy programmes on the television she and Alan thought up alternative uses for an awful sweater . |
| 14 | ‘ Just one moment , Mr Angel is free now , ’ she said into the mouthpiece in a voice I had n't heard since Fenella 's parents had paid us a visit once . |
| 15 | Yet the regulators have given it a dispensation : the rubbish has to go somewhere . |
| 16 | ‘ The parents have visited it every day since Friday , ’ said Mr Campion . |
| 17 | My parents have given me an allowance for the next few weeks . |
| 18 | At his home at Tackley in Oxfordshire , his parents have given him a special shed to play in , with his own lock and key of course . |
| 19 | Which feats have impressed you the most ? |
| 20 | We shall be leaving Peking for Sian at 11.30 this evening , and the comrades have given us a rousing send off with beautiful presents including a big embroidered tablecloth and napkins , and a beautiful framed picture made out of shells , with an inscription written on it specially for & I. They also gave us the enclosed photos , which give you an idea of what life is like here . |
| 21 | Since the formation of the first such combine in 1968 , comprising six units of production with a total of around 6,000 individual members , the Mondragon planners have made it a recommended practice to group individual cooperatives into such units . |
| 22 | It is difficult to persuade teachers that the denial of valid arts experiences to themselves during their own school days has denied them an enriching experience and offered them instead an impoverished education . |
| 23 | Moreover , the large number of coins which have survived and the way they have survived in hoards has made them the most datable objects from the ancient or medieval worlds that we possess . |
| 24 | The bitterness of repeated daily confrontation with left-wing majorities has given them a steeliness entirely absent from the old-fashioned candidates . |
| 25 | Expressing his pleasure at working with TAG , said , ‘ My experience over the last 20 years has given me the scientific and technical background which the modern catering industry requires . |
| 26 | I think coming together after all these years has given them a new lease of life |
| 27 | What we 've been through in the last few years has brought us a lot closer , and that 's part of the reason I 'm getting out of the rat race of international cricket … certainly for a few years , anyway . |
| 28 | A lifetime 's devotion to ants has made him the principal authority on the subject . |
| 29 | The gentleman who was impressed by Leapor 's poems has given her an occasion to debunk any notion that intellectual or personal worth can be judged from physical appearance . |
| 30 | The many hours we have spent playing , seeing , hearing whilst making these films have taught us a great deal . |